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A visually arresting adaptation of Albert Camus’s masterful biographical novel that offers a new graphic interpretation for the next generation of readers. This new illustrated of Camus’s final novel tells the story of Jacques Cormery, a boy who lived a life much like Camus’s own. This...

Telas nobles y remiendos es la sexta obra de la col·lección de libros de Pensamiento alternativo. Este relato se encuentra sumergido en un ducado de la italia renacentista, donde un destacado sastre por sus habilidades es convocado para hacer un traje para la hija de la duquesa. A partir de ahi...

More than 50 years after independence, Algerian Chronicles, with its prescient analysis of the dead end of terrorism, appears here in English for the first time. Published in France in 1958—the year the war caused the collapse of the Fourth French Republic—it is one of Albert Camus’ most political works: an exploration of his commitment to Algeria.

One of the most influential works of this century, The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays is a crucial exposition of existentialist thought. Influenced by works such as Don Juan and the novels of Kafka, these essays begin with a meditation on suicide; the question of living or not living in a universe...

Querido Lector, aqui te presento la segunda parte de Diarios de Cristina Borgia: Rosas de Sangre. La acción tiene lugar justo después de que Cristina se recuperase de su resfriado. En esta entrega de novela negra la luz y la sombra de la persona de Cristina volverán a danzar encima de sus acciones,...

By one of the most profoundly influential thinkers of our century, The Rebel is a classic essay on revolution. For Albert Camus, the urge to revolt is one of the "essential dimensions" of human nature, manifested in man's timeless Promethean struggle against the conditions of his existence, as well...

In the speech he gave upon accepting the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1957, Albert Camus said that a writer "cannot serve today those who make history; he must serve those who are subject to it." And in these twenty-three political essays, he demonstrates his commitment to history's victims,...

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One of the most influential works of this century, The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays is a crucial exposition of existentialist thought. Influenced by works such as Don Juan and the novels of Kafka, these essays begin with a meditation on suicide; the question of living or not living in a universe...

A writer, distraught by the death of his wife, begins to fall into a sea of depression where the dark water is filled with malevolent fish, and the line between truth and fiction becomes untraceable.

Crónicas de los perdidos es un libro que trata una vez más sobre el pensamiento humano y como este ha derivado en un comportamiento que dista bastante del honor de antaño y de las buenas intenciones de la gente. A traves de los ex-guerreros Harter y Beatriz Feelsonsteel, respectivamente en sendas...

Ten contemporary poems. 1.Love Potion. A man seeks the girl of his dreams by using a witch. 2.Only Smell And Touch. The thoughts of a near comatose patient. 3.Why Worry, No One Else Does. 4.Newspapers. Satire. 5.Sands. 6.Despair. 7.I want To Work. 2 points of view. 8.Tramp, Tramp, Tramp. 9.A Hollow Sound. 10. Comparisons. About the recent Royal Wedding.

On March 25, 1911, the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in New York City burst into flames.  The factory was crowded.  The doors were locked to ensure workers stay inside.  One hundred forty-six people—mostly women—perished; it was one of the most lethal workplace fires in American history until...

From a childhood steeped in poverty, violence, and patriotic pride, Andrew Jackson rose to the heights of celebrity and power. The first popularly elected president, he won admiration by fighting corruption, championing the common man, shaping the power of the executive office, and preserving the...